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G. D. SA-MUEL. DEVICE FOR HANGING WALL PAPER.

Patented Dec. 3

m m m H s A D m m n P M A n A a a a u N A NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GELSTON SAMUEL, OF EASTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN BECK, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR HANGING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 550,646, dated December 3,1895. Application filed July 2'7, 1894. Renewed August 29, 1895. Serial No. 560,940. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GELSTON D. SAMUEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Easton, in the county of Mason and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Devices for Hanging Wall-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a paper-hangers wallpaper-hanging device adapted especially for applying ceiling-paper, and the objects in view are to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to facilitate the attachment of the paper and hold the same during its attachment.

Further objects and advantages of the illvention will appear in the following description, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a paper-hanging device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective of the frame of the device with the webbing omitted.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a smoothing-bar, to the center of which is attached the extremity of a handle 2, and 3 designates a cross-bar arranged parallel with the smoothin -bar and connected at its ends with the smoothing-bar by means of the rods 4. The rectangular frame thus formed is covered with a flexible webbing 5, of canvas or other similar material.

Pivotally connected to the lower edge of the frame, preferably the cross-bar 3, is a table 6, adapted to hold the folded wall-paper during the operation of applying the same torthe wall or ceiling, said table consisting of a rectangular frame 7, covered with canvas or other webbing 8. The pivotal connection of the table to the above-described frame of the device is formed by means of rings 9, encircling the lower cross-bar 3 and provided with rearwardly-extending stops 10,

which are adapted to engage the rear sides of the rods 4 and prevent the table from dropping below a position perpendicular to the plane of said frame.

Attached to the upper edge of the smoothing-bar is 'a flexible pressing-rib 11, preferablyof rubber, which is let into a rabbet 12 in the rear side of said smoothing-bar, and the front side of said bar is rounded, as shown at 13, to form a smoothing-surface.

The outer edge of the'table is preferably turned up, as shown at 14, to prevent the folded paper from being displaced during the operation of applying the paper, such upturned edge being provided by bending the side rods of the frame of the table.

The operation of the device is as follows: The paper, after pasting, is folded in layers from six to eight inches in width, such folding being accomplished in the ordinary way well known in the art, with the pasted surfaces in contact. The paper is placed upon the table of the apparatus, as shown in Fig. 1, and the upper loose end is carried up and over the smoothing-bar and attached pressing-rib. By means of this pressing-rib the end of the paper is applied to the ceiling or wall and the rib and smoothing-bar are used in conjunction to secure a smooth surface. The paper is fed from the table as it is used, and hence obviates the necessity of independent handling and avoids the use of a helper, as in the ordinary manner of papering.

It will be understood that in practice various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a paper-hanging device, the combination with a handle, of a smoothing-bar, and

a pivotal table arranged parallel with and adjacent to the smoothing-bar, and adapted to support folded paper, substantially as specified.

2. In a paper-hanging device, the combi nation with a handle, of atransverse smooth- In testimony that I elaimthe foregoing as ug-bar, a parallel cross-bar, a Webbing inmyown I have hereto affixed my signature in terposed between said smoothing and cross the presence of two Witnesses.

bars, and a pivotal table arranged approxi- GELSTON D. SAMUEL. mately in the plane of said cross-bar and pro- Witnesses: Vided With stops to limit its movement, sub- W. S. FARRELL,

stantially as specified. A. F. TERRELL. 

